Brussels, June 29 (RHC)-- An unprecedented heat wave is gripping Central Europe this week, with temperatures in France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Germany hitting 100 degrees and above, though experts say humidity will make it feel like 116 degrees and higher.... More
El Paso, June 29 (RHC)-- The Department of Homeland Security has moved 100 migrant children back to a Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, where a recent visit from lawyers revealed that children of all ages have been locked up for weeks without adequate food, water, sanitation or medical care, with older children having to care for the younger ones.... More
Caracas, June 28 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has affirmed that the Norway-mediated dialogue with the opposition is continuing and said that "verifiable agreements" will be reached.... More
Medellin, June 28 (RHC)-- Uruguay withdrew from a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) being held in Medellin, Colombia Thursday to protest the presence of representatives of Juan Guaido at the regional meeting. Guaido is the self-declared interim president of Venezuela whose numerous coup attempts against the government of President Nicolas Maduro have been fully and completely supported by the United States.... More
Tehran, June 28 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the U.S. mistakenly thinks a potential war with Iran will be a short one, rejecting the speculation as an “illusion” and a “misconception,” and adding that the beginner of such war would not be necessarily the party that ends it.... More
Vienna, June 28 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza spoke Thursday at an international forum in Vienna, during which he condemned the United States for wanting to colonize the Bolivarian country, and for trying to starve the country out using economic war to oust President Nicolas Maduro and install an allied government.... More
Medellin, June 28 (RHC)-- The Colombian Coordination of Social Organizations (COS) took a stand during the 49th Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), voicing their outrage over Colombia’s disregard for contracts, pacts, and promises made to its Indigenous, rural, and endangered citizens, while publicly only intervening on Venezuela and other Latin American nations.... More
Mexico City, June 28 (RHC)-- Mexico's Federal Police Wednesday detained 101 migrants from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua in two surveillance operations carried out at Veracruz, a southern Mexican state which is about 450 miles from the border with Guatemala.... More
Rome, June 28 (RHC)-- The Sea-Watch 3 ship carrying 42 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean reports it was headed for the island of Lampedusa despite the threat of hefty fines from Italy's far-right interior minister.... More
Baghdad, June 28 (RHC)-- The U.S.-led military coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh terrorist group has admitted killing over 1,300 civilians since it started its military campaign in Iraq and Syria nearly five years ago. ... More
Lima, June 28 (RHC)-- The Brazilian construction company Odebrecht has confessed to paying former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo over $32 million in personal bribes in exchange for state-funded infrastructure contracts. The neo-liberal ex-president governed from 2001 until 2006 and is currently in the United States after fleeing charges in Peru.... More
Brasilia, June 28 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced that he was backing down from his weapons decree that sought to make firearms more readily available to the public. However, at the same time, he proposed three other pieces of legislation regarding gun access in Brazil, hoping they will be approved by the Congress.... More
Washington, June 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to ´obliterate´ parts of Iran if it attacked ´anything American´. The message, delivered by tweet, followed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani saying the White House was ´mentally handicapped´, after news of new U.S. sanctions.... More
Tehran, June 27 (RHC)-- The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed Washington’s claim about seeking talks with Tehran as a “deception,” saying such an offer is merely aimed at stripping the Iranian nation of its “elements of power.”... More
Lima, June 27 (RHC)-- Former right-wing Peruvian President and dictator Alberto Fujimori has returned to prison after being hospitalized over the weekend. The 80-year-old former head of state was transported from the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) to a private clinic in Lima due to high blood pressure and abdominal pain, local media reported.... More
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